Ceramic-paint package.



F. L. SLEBPER. GRAMIC PAINT PACKAGE.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNI: e, 1911.

Patented NOV. 21, 1911.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

FREDERICK L. SLEEPER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CERAMIC-PAINT PACKAGE.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK L. SLEEPER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CeramicPaint Packages, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to improvements in ceramic paint packages andrefers more spe-A citically to improvements in ceramic paint packages,the salient object of the invention being to provide a package in whichthe paint is kept hermetically sealed and in perfect condition, yetsealed in such manner that when opened the contents of the package arekept entirelyfree from contamination of the sealing materialh andsealing devices and are accessible with the greatest convenience andwithout loss by waste.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a form of package whicheliminates expensive slow assembling by hand and secures great certaintyof effective sealing; to provide a form of package which exposes thecontents to View through a transparency and be manufactured andassembled with enhanced economy; to provide a package of suchconstruction that the act of opening it provides a hinged cover whichmay afterward be closed to guard the remaining contents of the package;to provide a package which is extremely neat and tasty in appearance,showing at a glance that it may be used in a cleanly manner and withoutwaste due to smearing the contents over waste surface or losing any partthereof by transferring the paint from one side of the base to another.

Other advantages and improvements will appear to those skilled in thisart.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is al transverse sectional detail of myimproved package, the section being taken through the central portion ofFig. 3 and the crimping flange of one member of the box being leftuncrimped, although the parts are otherwise assembled. Fig. 2 is a viewlike Fig. 1 but with the crimped flanges closed down into nal position.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the package. Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofthe package with the cover portion cut loose and opened up.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 6, 1911.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911. Serial No. 631,530.

Broadly speaking, packages of this type are not new. Heretofore, athequantum of paint has been applied to the central portion of a glass orvitreous slip and the same covered by a Celluloid cover having its edgescemented to the upper surface of the slip around the edges of the paint,and having the celluloid cover made convex so as to remain out ofcontact with the paint. In using such a package the edges of thecelluloid are cut or broken away from the cement and lifted off, afterwhich'it is the custom and is practically necessary to transfer thepaint to the opposite side of the slip, in order to avoid itscontamination by the cement materials adhering to the glass. This isinconvenient and accompanied by a loss of paint.

The advantages of the present improvement will appear from thedescription of the package.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a partly-formed metal box(preferably aluminum), which is by means of a suitable die formed into ashallow box portion-proper Q. surrounded by an outstanding horizontalflange 3, the upper surface of which is about flush with the top side ofa glass slip 4, fitted loosely within said package. An extension portion3 is formed integral with the flange portion 3. As blank 1 leaves thefactory ready for assembling, flanges 3 are perpendicular to the mainplane of the box.

The cover, 5, which is preferably transparent celluloid is cut of a sizeto lit easily inside the upstanding flanges 3 and has its centralportion 5 made sufficiently convex so as to remain out of contact withthe body of paint 6 which is applied to the central portion of the glassslip 4. The slip 4, bearing its charge of paint, is dropped into theshallow box, the celluloid cover then being placed in position withinthe blank and thereafter, by means of a suitable die or tool theupstanding flanges 3 are crimped over inwardly into firm bearing withthe edges of the Celluloid, thus forming to all practical intents, ahermetically sealed or closed package.

The body of the box is purposely made vslightly larger in its internaldimensions than the sli of glass, as indicated by the dotted lines? and8 in Fig. 3, the outer line indicating the inner planes of the verticalwalls of the box and inner dotted lines the outer' edges of the slip.When the box is to be opened, the operator with a suitable knife pointcuts through the celluloid cover between the dotted lines along threesides of the boX and then lifts up the Celluloid, While the uncut fourthside of the latter acts as a hinge. This aifords complete access to thepaint upon the slip without removing it from the box, or, if preferred,the slip can be lifted out of the package and afterward returned. Ineither event, the paint need not be smeared .over 4the face of the slipmore than is necessary in taking it up with a spatula or other suitabletool and there is obviously no chance for the paint to becomecontaminated from any part of the inclosing package.

Inasmuch as the paint put up in this form is usually gold and thereforeof very high value, it follows that the elimination of waste togetherwith preservation against contamination become matters of unusualimportance.

Thile I have herein illustrated and described the preferred embodimentsof my invention, it is to be understood that the arrangement -of thedetails and construction may be modified within certain limits withoutdeparture from the invention.

I claim as my invention:

l. A paint package comprising a plate of vitreous material, the centralportion of which is adapted to receive a charge of paint,

a pair of members for ent-irely inclosing said plate, one of saidmembers being transparent, and the other of said members being recessedto receive the plate and the marginal edges of one of said members beingcrimped over the marginal edges of the other member to form ahermetically sealed joint.

2. A paint package comprising a slip of t vitreous material forreceiving a charge of paint at its central portion, a sheet metalshallow cup-like inclosing member adapted to receive said slip andprovided with marginal crimping flanges andan impervious memberover-lying said slip, having its central portion made convex to remainout of contact with the paint and having its margins hermeticallyengaged with crimping iianges of the opposite member.

3. A paint package comprising a glass slip, for holding a charge ofpaint at its central portion, a sheet metal shallow cup-like receptacleshaped to conform to and receive said slip and provided with outstandingmarginal iianges, each iiange folded back upon itself, and a transparentCelluloid cover overlying the slip, having its central portion conveXedand having its margins inserted and embraced within the said flanges.

FREDERICK L. SLEEPER.

Vitnesses ALBERT I-I. GRAVES, E. G. INGERsoLL.

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